Valencia Grove at Riverland
Valencia Grove at Riverland is a 1,000-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village within Port St. Lucie’s Riverland master plan, offering five distinct design collections and no CDD fee.
Located in Port St. Lucie, part of the Treasure Coast region.
- 55+ Age-Restricted
- Gated
Valencia Grove at Riverland is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated village within GL Homes’ roughly 4,000-acre Riverland master-planned community on the west side of Port St. Lucie, with construction beginning in 2019 as the third Valencia village built within the larger Riverland development. It is a genuinely distinct community from Valencia Cay at Riverland and Valencia Walk at Riverland, the other GL Homes Valencia villages within the same Riverland master plan, as well as from Valencia Falls and Valencia Palms in Delray Beach and the numerous other Valencia-branded communities GL Homes has built elsewhere in Florida. Valencia Grove is planned for 1,000 single-family homes, spanning roughly 1,348 to 3,436 square feet under air with 2 to 4 bedrooms, offered across five distinct design collections — Premier, Regal, Signature, Vintage, and Crown — comprising 20 distinct floor plans, a genuinely broad selection relative to many comparable active-adult communities. Listings-based pricing shows roughly $575,000 to $925,000, though specific current new-construction pricing was not separately confirmed in this research; the broader Valencia-at-Riverland price range across all of Riverland’s Valencia villages runs from the mid-$300,000s to $900,000s-plus. As one of Riverland’s several Valencia villages, Valencia Grove residents share access to the master plan’s substantial common amenity infrastructure: the 16-acre Sports & Racquet Club, the 51,000-to-52,000-square-foot Wellness & Fitness Center, the 5-acre Arts & Culture Center with its 11,550-square-foot Creativity Hub, and 52 pickleball courts spread across the broader community. Valencia Grove also maintains its own neighborhood-level clubhouse and pool in addition to this shared Riverland-wide amenity base. HOA fees run approximately $408 per month per an August 2024 figure, rising to approximately $427 per month per a more recent 2026 estimate, a modest increase consistent with typical fee growth at maturing active-adult communities. Riverland as a whole, including Valencia Grove, carries no Community Development District fee, consistent with the master plan’s $0 CDD structure funded instead through HOA dues rather than bond-financed infrastructure assessments. For healthcare access, Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, in the adjacent Tradition area, is the nearest major hospital; exact mileage from Valencia Grove itself was not separately confirmed in this research. For air travel, Treasure Coast International Airport is the closest regional airfield, with Palm Beach International Airport roughly 40 to 45 minutes south. Buyers comparing Valencia Grove against Riverland’s other Valencia villages should note that all share the same underlying amenity infrastructure and no-CDD fee structure; the practical choice between Valencia Cay, Valencia Grove, and Valencia Walk largely comes down to each village’s specific available home inventory, floor-plan selection, and current pricing rather than fundamentally different lifestyle offerings, since all three draw on the same shared Riverland amenity campus. Valencia Grove’s five-collection, 20-floor-plan lineup is among the most extensive offered at any single GL Homes Valencia village anywhere in Florida, giving buyers a genuinely wide range of choices in home size, layout, and finish level without needing to look outside a single neighborhood. This breadth of product is a meaningful advantage for buyers who want flexibility in selecting a home that precisely fits their needs and budget, whether that means a smaller, more efficient Premier-collection layout or a larger, more upscale Crown-collection home, all while remaining within the same gated village and drawing on the same shared amenity infrastructure. Riverland’s position as one of the largest active-adult master plans on Florida’s Treasure Coast gives Valencia Grove residents access to a genuinely substantial shared recreational and social infrastructure that would be difficult for any single, standalone community of comparable size to replicate independently. The master plan’s no-CDD financing structure, funding shared infrastructure entirely through HOA dues rather than bond-backed special assessments, is a genuine cost advantage worth factoring into any direct comparison against CDD-financed active-adult communities elsewhere in the broader Port St. Lucie and Treasure Coast region, including several communities within the nearby Tradition master plan. GL Homes’ continued investment across multiple Valencia villages within a single master plan reflects genuine confidence in sustained buyer demand for the Riverland concept, and Valencia Grove’s substantial 1,000-home planned scale positions it as one of the larger single villages within that broader development. Buyers considering Valencia Grove should recognize that a community of this size supports a genuinely active, varied social calendar across its many resident clubs and interest groups, an advantage that smaller, more intimate active-adult communities elsewhere in Florida often cannot match given their more limited resident base. As with any community still working through its build-out and resale transition, prospective buyers should confirm current available inventory, exact floor-plan pricing, and the most recent HOA assessment directly with GL Homes or a local agent rather than relying solely on historical figures, since new-construction and early-resale pricing at communities within a still-maturing master plan like Riverland can shift meaningfully from one year to the next, and since the five-collection floor-plan lineup itself may continue to evolve as the village approaches its full 1,000-home build-out over the coming years, a pattern common across large, still-maturing GL Homes developments statewide, and one that underscores the value of speaking directly with the sales office before treating any published figure as final. Overall, Valencia Grove offers a genuinely broad selection of floor plans within one of the Treasure Coast’s largest and most established active-adult master plans, making it a strong candidate for buyers who value choice above all else.
Age Restriction
Valencia Grove at Riverland is an age-restricted, 55-plus, gated village within GL Homes’ roughly 4,000-acre Riverland master-planned community in Port St. Lucie, with construction beginning in 2019 as Riverland’s third Valencia village. It is a genuinely distinct community from Valencia Cay at Riverland and Valencia Walk at Riverland, the other GL Homes Valencia villages within the same Riverland master plan, as well as from Valencia Falls and Valencia Palms in Delray Beach and the various other Valencia communities elsewhere in Florida.
Housing Types
- Single-family homes
Pricing
Valencia Grove at Riverland is planned for 1,000 single-family homes, with construction beginning in 2019. Homes span roughly 1,348 to 3,436 square feet under air, with 2 to 4 bedrooms, across five design collections (Premier, Regal, Signature, Vintage, and Crown) spanning 20 distinct floor plans. Listings-based pricing shows roughly $575,000 to $925,000, though specific current new-construction pricing was not separately confirmed in this research; the broader Valencia-at-Riverland price range runs from the mid-$300,000s to $900,000s-plus across all Riverland Valencia villages.
Fees & Assessments
HOA Dues: HOA fees run approximately $408 per month per an August 2024 figure, rising to approximately $427 per month per a more recent 2026 estimate.
CDD Assessment: Riverland as a whole, including Valencia Grove, carries no Community Development District fee, consistent with the master plan’s $0 CDD structure funded instead through HOA dues.
Amenities
- Shared access to Riverland’s 16-acre Sports & Racquet Club
- A 51,000-52,000-square-foot Wellness & Fitness Center
- A 5-acre Arts & Culture Center with an 11,550-square-foot Creativity Hub
- 52 pickleball courts across the broader Riverland community
- A neighborhood-level clubhouse and pool
Getting Around
Healthcare: Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, in the adjacent Tradition area, is the nearest major hospital; exact mileage from Valencia Grove itself was not separately confirmed in this research.
Airport: Treasure Coast International Airport is the closest regional airfield, with Palm Beach International Airport roughly 40 to 45 minutes south.
Similar Communities to Consider
- Valencia Cay at Riverland
Valencia Cay at Riverland is a 1,071-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village and the first Valencia neighborhood built within Riverland, a roughly 4,000-acre master plan in Port St. Lucie with no CDD fee.
- Valencia Walk at Riverland
Valencia Walk at Riverland is a 720-home, 55-plus gated GL Homes village in Port St. Lucie’s Riverland master plan, anchored by its own 36,000-plus-square-foot clubhouse in addition to Riverland’s shared amenity campus.
- Cresswind at PGA Village Verano
Cresswind at PGA Village Verano is a 249-home, 55-plus gated Kolter Homes community in Port St. Lucie built around the 27,000-square-foot Club Talavera and a 27-court private pickleball complex, with special access to PGA Golf Club’s 54 holes.
- Del Webb Tradition
Del Webb Tradition is a 550-home, 55-plus gated village within Port St. Lucie’s larger Tradition master plan, offering villas and single-family homes within close proximity to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital.
- Four Seasons at Wylder
Four Seasons at Wylder is a newer, K. Hovnanian-built, 55-plus gated neighborhood within the 1,970-acre Wylder master plan in Port St. Lucie, anchored by the Audubon Club and priced from roughly $325,000.
- Cascades at St. Lucie West
Cascades at St. Lucie West is a 1,158-home, age-restricted 55-plus gated community within the St. Lucie West master-planned area of Port St. Lucie, ranked #2 nationally for Best Value 55+ Active Adult Community by 55Places.com in 2018, anchored by a 26,000-square-foot clubhouse and a 9-hole pitch-and-putt golf course.
How Port St. Lucie Compares
- Port St. Lucie vs Stuart for Retirement: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing City vs a Historic River Town Compared
Port St. Lucie and Stuart sit within the same broader Treasure Coast corridor but represent nearly opposite retirement models, from their founding stories to their current growth trajectories. Port St. Lucie has led the nation’s large cities in population growth for five consecutive years, built from a 1960s General Development Corporation plat into a sprawling, canal-laced, car-dependent city (Walk Score 13 citywide) now adding a genuinely walkable master-planned district at Tradition. Stuart, Martin County’s seat, has formally branded itself the "Sailfish Capital of the World" since 1957 and just saw its Downtown and East Stuart Historic Districts added to the National Register of Historic Places in August 2026, the product of a decades-long revitalization from a roughly 60% downtown vacancy rate in the 1980s. Port St. Lucie offers two hospitals of its own (Cleveland Clinic Tradition and HCA Florida St. Lucie) plus proximity to the region’s only trauma center in Fort Pierce; Stuart offers one hospital (Cleveland Clinic Martin North) with the same reliance on Fort Pierce for trauma care. St. Lucie County’s property tax millage is reported as the highest of any Florida county, while Martin County’s insurance costs rank among the state’s five most expensive. The practical choice tends to come down to whether a buyer wants Port St. Lucie’s new construction, canal-front lots, and lower entry prices, or Stuart’s walkable historic downtown and exclusive gated waterfront communities at a real premium.
Guides Worth Reading Before You Buy
- Is 55+ Community Living Actually Right for You?
A lifestyle-fit guide, not a fee guide — this covers whether age-restricted living actually matches how a specific retiree wants to spend their days, how to genuinely test that fit before buying, and the real tradeoffs of choosing age segregation over an age-mixed neighborhood.
- HOA Fees and Governance in Florida
A statewide explainer on how Florida homeowners associations and condominium associations are legally structured, funded, and regulated, and what buyers are entitled to review before closing.
- Community Development District (CDD) Fees in Florida
A Community Development District (CDD) is a Florida unit of local government, created under Chapter 190, financing a development’s roads, utilities, and amenities through bond and O&M assessments billed with property taxes.
Sources
- Valencia Grove at Riverland — 55places.com
- Valencia Grove at Riverland by GL Homes — NewHomeSource
- Valencia Grove vs. Valencia Parc — Treasure Coast House Hunters
- Valencia Grove at Riverland — Nova 55 Living
Last reviewed 2026-09-29.